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eric cantor, that's right, eric cantor voted for it. eric cantor voted for a 90% income tax increase. he voted with dennis kucinich. he voted with charlie rangel on a tax rate increase. the thing he is now claiming is the single most destructive thing congress can possibly do, increase taxes. john boehner had been dealing with eric cantor for a while before i got to deal with eric cantor for a few minutes that day. so boehner knew what i just discovered that morning, that cantor was an incompetent amateur who deserved noplace in congressional leadership. cantor has proven himself to be exactly that in the budget negotiations with the president. the president has obviously recognized from the start that a rank amateur was sitting across the table from him, and the president has played cantor's childish reactions to the democrats' full advantage. the next time you hear eric cantor lying about all tax increases being harmful to the economy, and downright evil, always remember this. >> congressman cantor, if you're opposed to these bonuses,
eric cantor, that's right, eric cantor voted for it. eric cantor voted for a 90% income tax increase. he voted with dennis kucinich. he voted with charlie rangel on a tax rate increase. the thing he is now claiming is the single most destructive thing congress can possibly do, increase taxes. john boehner had been dealing with eric cantor for a while before i got to deal with eric cantor for a few minutes that day. so boehner knew what i just discovered that morning, that cantor was an...
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-span moment for one of the lead republicans in the budget negotiations well ok so eric cantor is not just making a little bet it's not like ok he bought gold or silver and he's going to profit if if the u.s. collapses he's taken an active bet he owns a. trust ultra short twenty year treasury e.t.f. but short ultra short double down betting that the american bond market will collapse because they don't hit the debt ceiling resolution in any reasonable period of time thus he cashes in on the ensuing chaos so this is you hadi bankers and brokers who are willing to blow themselves up to make a quick buck so go flashing back to nine eleven eric cantor would be one of those guys who bought airline puts on the airlines right before they crashed into the towers profiting from the deaths on nine eleven that's the kind of financial terrorist eric cantor is proven by him buying double down short government bond e.t.f. and then making sure that the debt ceiling becomes a chaotic situation that's financial terrorism that's treason you mentioned the martin gal technique and this is you know our po
-span moment for one of the lead republicans in the budget negotiations well ok so eric cantor is not just making a little bet it's not like ok he bought gold or silver and he's going to profit if if the u.s. collapses he's taken an active bet he owns a. trust ultra short twenty year treasury e.t.f. but short ultra short double down betting that the american bond market will collapse because they don't hit the debt ceiling resolution in any reasonable period of time thus he cashes in on the...
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, john boehner now owns eric cantor. jay carney pointed out today how absurdly politicized the debt ceiling has become, something that previously had always been a routine vote. >> collectively, the republican negotiators in this room with the president have voted to raise the debt limit 25 times. speaker of the house has voted six times. the majority leader of the house has voted to raise it six times. senator mcconnell voted to raise the debt limit eight times. senator kyl six times. >> reports of today's meeting indicate that no progress was made, that republican senate leader mitch mcconnell's plan for a three-vote plan to raise the debt ceiling over three months was not even discussed. and by all accounts, eric cantor did not say a word. there is no meeting scheduled for tomorrow, but the president has scheduled a press conference. as the clock runs out, the president's hand only strengthens. wall street has instructed the republican leadership that they must raise the debt ceiling by august 2nd. something mcconnell
, john boehner now owns eric cantor. jay carney pointed out today how absurdly politicized the debt ceiling has become, something that previously had always been a routine vote. >> collectively, the republican negotiators in this room with the president have voted to raise the debt limit 25 times. speaker of the house has voted six times. the majority leader of the house has voted to raise it six times. senator mcconnell voted to raise the debt limit eight times. senator kyl six times....
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for example, eric cantor. no matter how many times he's been on and how many times we talk about rescinding the bush tax cuts, he calls it a tax increase. go to the grocery store and milk is on sale for $3.25. the next week it goes up to $3.75. it's not a hike in price, it's reverting back to the original price. they don't live in the real world. they just don't. >> he'll be on this morning so you can ask him again. >> we will ask him again. >> i would like to ask him what it is they offered yesterday that was different. the president talked about boehner's question being skewed. i put the question to ourselves, are we skewed? i want to make sure we are being as open minded as possible. i don't see it. >> i had the center on budget run numbers on the debt deals from the '90s. george bush's deal -- we had a good time. >> wow. >> this is what i do on weekends. >> awesome. >> george h.w. bush was two-thirds spending cuts. clinton was a little less than two spending cuts to one in taxes. what obama already put on
for example, eric cantor. no matter how many times he's been on and how many times we talk about rescinding the bush tax cuts, he calls it a tax increase. go to the grocery store and milk is on sale for $3.25. the next week it goes up to $3.75. it's not a hike in price, it's reverting back to the original price. they don't live in the real world. they just don't. >> he'll be on this morning so you can ask him again. >> we will ask him again. >> i would like to ask him what it...
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and said, quoting the president through eric cantor, the president told him, eric, quote, don't call my bluff. i'm going to the american people with this. cantor said that he was quite taken aback by this, at which point the president pushed back from the table and said, i'll see you tomorrow. i asked eric cantor, john, where they go from here because this really sounds like a serious breakdown in communication, very dramatic and very tense moment in this white house meeting. eric cantor says that he expects they'll be back at the white house tomorrow to continue the conversation. but it seems that things didn't make much progress here this evening. john? >> as you know, sometimes confrontation gets everyone to think again, or sometimes confrontation begets more confrontation. we'll try to get the white house perspective as well. breaking news from our congressional correspondent kate bo bolduan. kate, thank you. a dramatic showdown. the president of the united states staring down the republican majority leader of the house, then walking out of the talks in his own white house. drama
and said, quoting the president through eric cantor, the president told him, eric, quote, don't call my bluff. i'm going to the american people with this. cantor said that he was quite taken aback by this, at which point the president pushed back from the table and said, i'll see you tomorrow. i asked eric cantor, john, where they go from here because this really sounds like a serious breakdown in communication, very dramatic and very tense moment in this white house meeting. eric cantor says...
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several times. >> eric cantor was persistent, i'm sure. eric cantor believes earlier this week when the president invited him to bring to the group what he interpreted the biden talks produced as far as medicare cuts and he did so, the next morning he was attacked by senator charles schumer of new york, who is not a participant in these talks, as being amoral. eric cantor's staff and the majority leader interpreted that as being set up, invited him to talk about the cuts. next day's attack by a prominent democrat on the senate floor. that did not create a good atmosphere as far as eric cantor was concerned. he was persistent yesterday with the president on spending cuts. the president said don't call my bluff. i'm not a big poker player but i don't think you're supposed to signal that you're bluffing. don't call -- you're supposed to say i'm not bluffing. don't call my bluff. but putting that aside for a moment, the most important take-away is these negotiations are producing nothing except hostility and those who are watching it on the ou
several times. >> eric cantor was persistent, i'm sure. eric cantor believes earlier this week when the president invited him to bring to the group what he interpreted the biden talks produced as far as medicare cuts and he did so, the next morning he was attacked by senator charles schumer of new york, who is not a participant in these talks, as being amoral. eric cantor's staff and the majority leader interpreted that as being set up, invited him to talk about the cuts. next day's...
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cantor told me this week, there's a great column on this, a great column about eric cantor. if we look in five pots here, the white house, senate republicans, not democrats house democrats, all reluctantly support the short term deal. the one who wouldn't, house republicans. >> they don't want to vote twice. there's a number of the house majority that total 239 that want this to be the moment of decision. they don't want a moment of indecision. they want this, all of this to come to a head now, with all the implications that come with it. the only way i see a short term agreement passing is if implied in that, written in blood, that the short term is all spending cuts, no revenues, zero. and you agree, preemptively that the second stage will include tax reform and the president commits publicly, lower corporate rates and look at the subsidies the democrats are talking about. republicans might sign on to that. we are a long, long way from a deal like that. >> the thing i have never bought into, who the heck, i'm going to fast forward seven months from now. more political cour
cantor told me this week, there's a great column on this, a great column about eric cantor. if we look in five pots here, the white house, senate republicans, not democrats house democrats, all reluctantly support the short term deal. the one who wouldn't, house republicans. >> they don't want to vote twice. there's a number of the house majority that total 239 that want this to be the moment of decision. they don't want a moment of indecision. they want this, all of this to come to a...
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eric cantor told me this week -- >> a great column about eric cantor. if we look at it in five pots here, the white house, senate republicans, senate democrats, house democrats all would reluctantly support the short-term deal. the one who wouldn't, house republicans don't want to vote twice on a debt ceiling. >> they don't want to vote twice. the house republican majority now totals 229 that want this to be the motion of decision. they don't want to have a moment of indecision. they want this to come to a head now with all the implications that come with it. the only way, chuck, i see a short-term agreement passing is if implied in that, written almost in blood that the short-term is all spending cuts no revenues. zero. >> right. >> and you agree preemptively that the second stage of negotiations will include tax reform and the present commits publicly to lower individual rates, lower corporate rates then you take a look at subsidies democrats have been talking about. >> republicans might sign on to that. but we're a long, long way from any kind of dea
eric cantor told me this week -- >> a great column about eric cantor. if we look at it in five pots here, the white house, senate republicans, senate democrats, house democrats all would reluctantly support the short-term deal. the one who wouldn't, house republicans don't want to vote twice on a debt ceiling. >> they don't want to vote twice. the house republican majority now totals 229 that want this to be the motion of decision. they don't want to have a moment of indecision....
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then he added, talking to eric cantor, eric, don't call my bluff. i'm going to the american people with this, end quote. let's go live to dan lothian at the white house. differ accounts of what actually happened. cantor saying the president stormed out of the meeting. the white house saying something else. nobody disagreeing there was a whole lot of tension to end that meeting yesterday. >> oh, boy. just a whole lot of tension in that meeting yesterday. as you pointed out. there's always two sides to every story, democrats, white house in particular saying the president did not storm out of that meting. instead he became agitated because he believes that republicans are using the talks for political gain. but the confrontation happened, according to democratic sources inside that meeting when, as you pointed out that cantor started arguing for this series of short-term deals. this is essentially backing off of what he had previously agreed to or talked about. and the president said according to the officials that what is going on inside of that room
then he added, talking to eric cantor, eric, don't call my bluff. i'm going to the american people with this, end quote. let's go live to dan lothian at the white house. differ accounts of what actually happened. cantor saying the president stormed out of the meeting. the white house saying something else. nobody disagreeing there was a whole lot of tension to end that meeting yesterday. >> oh, boy. just a whole lot of tension in that meeting yesterday. as you pointed out. there's always...
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he's been able to rehearse these with the eric cantor walkout. he did twice refer to john boehner in his statement today, in his press conference this evening, as walking out. his mission tonight clearly in that room was to put the pressure on the republicans for having walked out. he's trying to make them appear to be the irresponsible party here. >> that's right. he's putting the pressure squarely on their shoulders as we have been reporting, he has called congressional leaders of both parties back to the white house tomorrow at 11:00. and to continue to put that pressure on, lawrence, he discussed the fact that look, the markets are watching this. earlier this week we saw the markets respond favorably when there was news of a possible deal, so there's concern of what's going to happen on monday. president obama addressed the issue, they need to get something done, they need to get something done soon. again, you heard the president talk about this grand bargain all along. tonight it seems there's little hope for a grand bargain. the president,
he's been able to rehearse these with the eric cantor walkout. he did twice refer to john boehner in his statement today, in his press conference this evening, as walking out. his mission tonight clearly in that room was to put the pressure on the republicans for having walked out. he's trying to make them appear to be the irresponsible party here. >> that's right. he's putting the pressure squarely on their shoulders as we have been reporting, he has called congressional leaders of both...
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we know cantor and the speaker, eric cantor and the speaker were at the white house meeting with the president st night. there's talk now, reports from the "new york times" moments ago of a possible coming together between speaker boehner and the president. what are you being briefed on or what do you know is the state of play? >> good afternoon. basically what the state of play is it's very fluid. we're looking at what the talks between the speaker and the president are, those details have yet to be shared. we also are looking at what would be a plan b. nobody wants to see default. all we want to see is some spending reductions, spending cuts, as we grapple with this issue. so it's a fluid situation. we've got 12 days. cool heads will prevail and we just want to cut spending. >> how do we know tt cool heads will prevail and that the markets won't get freaked? well before the 12 days have expired, and you will start seeing a cascade which as you know can happen instantly if some big player decides to sell off. >> obviously i'm not qualified to speak on behalf of the markets and what
we know cantor and the speaker, eric cantor and the speaker were at the white house meeting with the president st night. there's talk now, reports from the "new york times" moments ago of a possible coming together between speaker boehner and the president. what are you being briefed on or what do you know is the state of play? >> good afternoon. basically what the state of play is it's very fluid. we're looking at what the talks between the speaker and the president are, those...
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. >> rupert murdoch, john boehner, eric cantor in charge when it's convenient. >> back here in the states, cue the blame game. >> virtually no americans hold congress in high esteem. >> we, as republicans, as the new majority in this house. >> failing on the big things is something they choose to do. >> we emplore the other side to get serious. >> when is the house going to stop the charade? >> the gang of six is still trying to lead. >> it's a far cry from the paul ryan budget. >> we thought this was the gang of six, dead and buried. >> now the gang of six is a gang of seven. >> two parts, there's always a second act. >> gotten rave reviews from a lot of folks. frlgs colleagues really liked it. >> when does somebody have to say uncle? >> murdoch is also not taking the blame. >> insisting that he is not to blame. >> london calling. >> tried to pass the buck today. >> just doesn't really stack up. >> the 80-year-old also appeared confused. >> he said yes, i'm in charge of this company. >> somebody jumped over to, i believe, get to rupert murdoch. >> somebody with a pie, wendi murdoch leape
. >> rupert murdoch, john boehner, eric cantor in charge when it's convenient. >> back here in the states, cue the blame game. >> virtually no americans hold congress in high esteem. >> we, as republicans, as the new majority in this house. >> failing on the big things is something they choose to do. >> we emplore the other side to get serious. >> when is the house going to stop the charade? >> the gang of six is still trying to lead. >>...
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who's really leading. >> you're talking about eric cantor. it started out, wolf, that john boehner, the house speaker and the president were meeting together alone to try to and come up with some grand bargain. that's gone. a seen yoer official said it is eric cantor doing all the talking, all the talking in the meetings. he said i think mitch mcconnell says hello and goodbye and john boehner says nothing. it's very clear from what occurred yesterday and what we're hearing today is that the white house is a little bit frustrated by mr. cantor. >> if there's no deal, david, who gets the blame? >> everybody is going to get the blame. especially if with ego into default. there's going to be huge anger at the incumbents in both parties. the republicans will pay a heavy price because the president has, you know, in effect staked out a high ground in terms of the argument. but at the end of the day, it's the president who usually suffers and suffers the worst if the economy suffers. >> the president doesn't want to continue talking about the debt c
who's really leading. >> you're talking about eric cantor. it started out, wolf, that john boehner, the house speaker and the president were meeting together alone to try to and come up with some grand bargain. that's gone. a seen yoer official said it is eric cantor doing all the talking, all the talking in the meetings. he said i think mitch mcconnell says hello and goodbye and john boehner says nothing. it's very clear from what occurred yesterday and what we're hearing today is that...
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our leadership in the republican conference -- speaker john boehner and leader eric cantor have been very clear about not raising taxes. >> are they selling a plan that includes elements that people might not like? many folks were disappointed with the outcome. >> this is a much bigger issue for the country. frankly, members understand that politically speaking, this is a bigger issue as well. we have been very encouraged by what both speaker john boehner and leader eric cantor have been saying regarding the tax issue. speaker john boehner gave a speech eight weeks ago now from wall street where he talked about having big cuts as to move forward. the cut park and the cap part is good. as i have indicated, to support this issue, the fundamental game changer is the balanced budget. i think it is important that speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor can talk about the changes. >> is there any where you were willing to compromise? >> we are on the side of the american people. if you ask the american people if we should cut spending, many people would say yes. does it make s
our leadership in the republican conference -- speaker john boehner and leader eric cantor have been very clear about not raising taxes. >> are they selling a plan that includes elements that people might not like? many folks were disappointed with the outcome. >> this is a much bigger issue for the country. frankly, members understand that politically speaking, this is a bigger issue as well. we have been very encouraged by what both speaker john boehner and leader eric cantor have...
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the house republican leader, republican eric cantor, who chip just mentioned, has been a congressman from virginia since 2001. he's a favorite of tea party activists. nancy cordes tells us that now that cantor is at the center of the budget crisis, he's become a lightning rod. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: in washington, where the blame is a blood sport, democrats have found their fall guy. >> leader cantor has yet to make a constructive contribution to these discussions. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid called cantor "childish." >> house majority leader eric cantor has shown he shouldn't even be at the table. >> reporter: the ambitious six- term congressman has given his opponents plenty of ammunition. >> we're not going there. >> reporter: he blew up the original debt negotiations led by vice president biden when talk turned to tax increases, then pulled speaker boehner back from a grand bargain with the president because taxes were part of the deal. >> i cannot fathom how anybody, how anyone thinks right now is a good time to raise taxes. >> reporter: his hard-line
the house republican leader, republican eric cantor, who chip just mentioned, has been a congressman from virginia since 2001. he's a favorite of tea party activists. nancy cordes tells us that now that cantor is at the center of the budget crisis, he's become a lightning rod. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: in washington, where the blame is a blood sport, democrats have found their fall guy. >> leader cantor has yet to make a constructive contribution to these discussions....
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but what eric cantor says is right. we can't raise taxes right now. >> but is anybody talking about raising taxes right now? >> well, today's news, today's employment rate going up, makes it more and more difficult for democrats already in a difficult spot in wanting to raise taxes, even more difficult -- you mentioned "live home in indiana, you talk to job creators there. there's so much uncertainty in the process right now and they are not going to hire until they know what's going on. and when they have democrats continually talking about raising taxes they're not going to put money down -- >> so you walk away -- you let the president politically, though, you let the president be the guy who says, i wanted a $4 trillion deal, eric cantor wanted $2.5 million. you want that? >> you have to work that out. >> is that good for your party? >> at the end of the day, what's best for the american people and our economy is to not raise taxes when we're trying to create jobs. >> chuck, couple of things here. i think if you talk
but what eric cantor says is right. we can't raise taxes right now. >> but is anybody talking about raising taxes right now? >> well, today's news, today's employment rate going up, makes it more and more difficult for democrats already in a difficult spot in wanting to raise taxes, even more difficult -- you mentioned "live home in indiana, you talk to job creators there. there's so much uncertainty in the process right now and they are not going to hire until they know what's...
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eric cantor has shown that he shouldn't even be at the table. and republicans agree he shouldn't be at the table. one republican told politico last night and hill publication, quote, he lost a lot of credibility when he walked away from the table. -childish. end of quote. -- it was childish. end of quote. what's that all about, mr. president? >> reporter: cantor's spokeman said of reid, quote, it's not surprising reid wants to raise taxes with so many americans out of work, same players back here at the white house at 4:15 this afternoon. jon, heather? jon: and perhaps more names to be called. we'll see. unbelievable. wendall goler, thank you. heather: tensions are rising as the debt deadline gets closer. russell berman is staff writer for the hill, he's been following the negotiations, and he joins us now with more. hi, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. heather: we've talked about some of those names that you heard jon reference, childish, don't call my bluff, losing his mild, to say the least a rock and a hard place. do you see t
eric cantor has shown that he shouldn't even be at the table. and republicans agree he shouldn't be at the table. one republican told politico last night and hill publication, quote, he lost a lot of credibility when he walked away from the table. -childish. end of quote. -- it was childish. end of quote. what's that all about, mr. president? >> reporter: cantor's spokeman said of reid, quote, it's not surprising reid wants to raise taxes with so many americans out of work, same players...
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we all know obama has that big megaphone, but is it eric cantor or john boehner, eric cantor or mitch mb connell with his own ideas for a short-term fix? >> right before one of these big white house meetings you had the ultimate absurdity, eric cantor holding a press conference off camera, pen and pad, and half an hour later john boehner holding a press conference, both by themselves, not with each other, then immediately from there they wept to the white house. it's like exactly who is your voice of the republican party? it's very confusing. great for politico. >> right. god bless them. politico loves it so much. >> you don't want it to end. >> we want what's best for the nation, howie, but this is a good story. >> not necessarily what's best for politico. >> we are not at cross-purposes for america. we are not. >> i think we can agree with all this going on behind closed doors it's a very complicated but important negotiation going on. thanks for stopping by this morning. still to come, a white house aide calls a fox anchor a lunatic. an author catches the president stretching the t
we all know obama has that big megaphone, but is it eric cantor or john boehner, eric cantor or mitch mb connell with his own ideas for a short-term fix? >> right before one of these big white house meetings you had the ultimate absurdity, eric cantor holding a press conference off camera, pen and pad, and half an hour later john boehner holding a press conference, both by themselves, not with each other, then immediately from there they wept to the white house. it's like exactly who is...
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you have cantor's version of this, but there is no love loss between eric cantor and this president, and many people are asking if he is hurting the debt talks? >> well, the white house said not only is eric cantor's account of what happened at the conclusion of that meeting, and let's remind people that according to eric cantor the majority leaders of the house of republicans, the president bushed back from the scene you described and said, ronald reagan never had to go through this, enough is enough. i will take this to the american people, eric, meaning that he would go to the people, and have a referendum and continue to take this dispute public. very interesting today that jay carney called that a preposterous suggestion. that president obama stormed out of that meeting, but there you are the perception none the less, and of course, republicans are eager to knock down the notion that the president has put forward, and a lot of people are willing to buy he is undergoing some political pain here in the name of compromise to defy democrats in the cutting of entitlements and social
you have cantor's version of this, but there is no love loss between eric cantor and this president, and many people are asking if he is hurting the debt talks? >> well, the white house said not only is eric cantor's account of what happened at the conclusion of that meeting, and let's remind people that according to eric cantor the majority leaders of the house of republicans, the president bushed back from the scene you described and said, ronald reagan never had to go through this,...
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as to what's happening on capitol hill this morning, it was really hunting season on eric cantor, the house majority leader, who has been in very shall we say terse negotiations with president obama. take a listen to what harry reid said on the senate floor today. >> house majority leader eric cantor has shown he shouldn't even be at the table. the time for personal gain and political posturing are over. it's time to put our economy and our country first. >> republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the obama economy. >> reporter: the question now becomes what exactly is a way forward. i spoke to one gop aide before i came over here, said picking on eric cantor, definitely not fruitful, it will not help these negotiations. they are trying to figure out a way in which they can actually cut spending in order to exchange for raising the debt limit. we have heard reports of numbers, $1.5 trillion in cuts, but president obama insisted there must be some sort of revenue, i.e., tax increasin this type of plan. there are some folks on the republican side that maybe we ca
as to what's happening on capitol hill this morning, it was really hunting season on eric cantor, the house majority leader, who has been in very shall we say terse negotiations with president obama. take a listen to what harry reid said on the senate floor today. >> house majority leader eric cantor has shown he shouldn't even be at the table. the time for personal gain and political posturing are over. it's time to put our economy and our country first. >> republicans will not be...
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every time eric cantor stamps his foot, his neck snaps back. not that you sacrificed yourself, but this has got to be done in a way to get large numbers of people on both sides. we don't need to deal with the tax issue now because, as i think my colleague garamendi was saying, the tax cuts are going to expire. i'm willing to fight another day on those. prejudice our right to keep those tax cuts from the very wealthy expiring. we have a tax cut that includes getting out of afghanistan and iraq, you oppose the high-end tax cuts and leave social security and medicare alone. one thing that bothers me, they talk about shared sacrifice. i don't think it's shared sacrifice saying somebody making $700,000 a year has to pay a few thousand more taxes, but a 90-year-old woman has to get tax increases. she shouldn't be a part of it. if they leave open the tax question we can accept, i'll accept and vote for more severe reductions in housing and education and the environment i would ideally like. that's a deal that is not fun for anybody. responsible people
every time eric cantor stamps his foot, his neck snaps back. not that you sacrificed yourself, but this has got to be done in a way to get large numbers of people on both sides. we don't need to deal with the tax issue now because, as i think my colleague garamendi was saying, the tax cuts are going to expire. i'm willing to fight another day on those. prejudice our right to keep those tax cuts from the very wealthy expiring. we have a tax cut that includes getting out of afghanistan and iraq,...
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eric cantor says this was the president's response, quote, eric, don't call my bluff. and then he walked out a few minutes later. president obama said all along he'd veto any short-term measure. failure to raise the debt ceiling by august 2nd could trigger a partial default. >>> thanks to the debt ceiling issue and the possibility of default you're on notice, i'm on notice and everyone from caribou, maine to san diego is on notice. moody's investors' services plans to review the aaa bond rating and might downgrade it from stable to negative. standard & poor's revised it back in april. >>> realty tracks numbers show foreclosures are down 30% from last year. realty tracks says many of these foreclosures are just being delayed, so foreclosures that would have happened this year are going to happen next year instead. nevada, arizona and california are the top foreclosure states. >>> one of the biggest international store fliz your world right now is that fatal attack in india. mumbai is on high alert after three separate explosions. it happened in a bustling part of the ci
eric cantor says this was the president's response, quote, eric, don't call my bluff. and then he walked out a few minutes later. president obama said all along he'd veto any short-term measure. failure to raise the debt ceiling by august 2nd could trigger a partial default. >>> thanks to the debt ceiling issue and the possibility of default you're on notice, i'm on notice and everyone from caribou, maine to san diego is on notice. moody's investors' services plans to review the aaa...
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caucus but he always is having to look over his shoulder at house majority leader eric cantor who's his number two. because eric cantor is really holding the line on the far right conservative wing and any time that speaker boehner is trying to compromise what politicians are supposed to be doing in reaching a deal with the president there's eric cantor lying in the wings ready to you know potentially snatch control of the caucus if he thinks that john boehner is going too far this is an old trick sky i mean in one nine hundred thirty two f.d.r. ran on a campaign of balanced budgets he didn't do that thirty three. for the while the budget and so in thirty six he ran on a campaign of balanced budgets again as the republicans were all over him about that and he actually in thirty seven when he became president cut spending and produced another mini recession i mean depression the good the great depression the period from thirty two to thirty six was the great strongest period of economic growth arguably in the nation's history and he blew it by going along with the republicans jimmy carte
caucus but he always is having to look over his shoulder at house majority leader eric cantor who's his number two. because eric cantor is really holding the line on the far right conservative wing and any time that speaker boehner is trying to compromise what politicians are supposed to be doing in reaching a deal with the president there's eric cantor lying in the wings ready to you know potentially snatch control of the caucus if he thinks that john boehner is going too far this is an old...
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i think eric cantor knows that nobody is talking about raising taxes. we are talking about getting rid of these subsidies, closing the loopholes and, really, having an effective tax rate. they keep talking about a 35% corporate rate, when we all know it's somewhere between 16% and 19% in terms of effectiveness because of all of these loopholes. if people were paying what the rate is, i don't mind dropping it to 25%, 26%, just collect that much and get rid of the loopholes. >> okay. congressman james clyburn, one of the house leadership. thanks so much for joining us. >>> pulitzer prize winning columnist, eugene, look at these leaders. you're on msnbc and now it's time to analyze. this is "hardball." look at people acting now a big deal coming up perhaps sunday. going back again with the president. take a look at -- hold those pictures up there. i'd like gene to go through these names. the president wants a deal. right? >> yes. the president wants a deal, yes. >> and he's going to make concessions on the left with things like -- >> willing to make conces
i think eric cantor knows that nobody is talking about raising taxes. we are talking about getting rid of these subsidies, closing the loopholes and, really, having an effective tax rate. they keep talking about a 35% corporate rate, when we all know it's somewhere between 16% and 19% in terms of effectiveness because of all of these loopholes. if people were paying what the rate is, i don't mind dropping it to 25%, 26%, just collect that much and get rid of the loopholes. >> okay....
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cantor having shorts on the us dollar he's placing bets that the us dollar is going to crash just as he goes into negotiations they can crash the us dollar and you could make a lot of money if those bets pay off. you know i think that's outrageous it really is outrageous and i think there's a great deal of self dealing both sides of the aisle ok the democrats and the republicans need to be called so the carpet on this but most importantly we've got to stop this wasteful spending because it is ruining us here and it's ruining our quality of life and our young men and women who are graduating school they just don't have the opportunities now they should be having largely because our government is putting them deeply into debt and it's not right tom actually our students are going deeply into debt because they've got student loans if they lived in most of the european countries they would have gone to college for free but i but i get it that's wasteful spending david we're out of time thank you for being with me today thank you tom what's going on here is republicans figure if they can
cantor having shorts on the us dollar he's placing bets that the us dollar is going to crash just as he goes into negotiations they can crash the us dollar and you could make a lot of money if those bets pay off. you know i think that's outrageous it really is outrageous and i think there's a great deal of self dealing both sides of the aisle ok the democrats and the republicans need to be called so the carpet on this but most importantly we've got to stop this wasteful spending because it is...
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cantor gets up and walks out of the room say here are going to hear that you're going to cut the tax deduction on the accelerator depreciated for corporate jets we can't abear up these guys have got to be able to you know eat their corporate jets with their gold plated silverware while they're right across the country without having to go through the t.s.a. . tom de seduction and that's appreciation should be contingent upon any reasonable standard it wouldn't matter if it was for miles flown it just has to be a consistent way for the company and so we always eat here because of the new one thing i mean that's to to say that the general electric has to write off its jets at the same speed as united airlines that seems reasonable to me that's not reasonable to republicans name one thing that the republicans are willing to do where their billionaire millionaire and back at corporate buddies are going to lose even one penny please one thing. i have and that's fiscal responsibility on the part of the government because that covers everyone with a broad brush it affects the billionaires a
cantor gets up and walks out of the room say here are going to hear that you're going to cut the tax deduction on the accelerator depreciated for corporate jets we can't abear up these guys have got to be able to you know eat their corporate jets with their gold plated silverware while they're right across the country without having to go through the t.s.a. . tom de seduction and that's appreciation should be contingent upon any reasonable standard it wouldn't matter if it was for miles flown...
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cantor, the leader in the house of representatives, who worked out so many of these details with vice president biden before speaker boehner and the
cantor, the leader in the house of representatives, who worked out so many of these details with vice president biden before speaker boehner and the
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you know, the big point of contention yesterday was with house majority leader eric cantor pushing for this short-term deal or a series of short-term deals. the president, according to democratic sources familiar with the talks, made it clear that that is something he does not support and something he would veto. the president has, for the last few days, and certainly weeks as well, been pushing for the biggest deal possible where it it seemed to get some support. of late, it has not. the president believing if you start talking about the short-term deals, you run into the political season where you negotiate the things all over again. if you can't get this done now, how will you get this done in the thick of the political season? tense discussions yesterday. the president agitated and believing that republicans are using the debt talks to make political points. the president making the point, according to those inside the meeting, that this kind of atmosphere just confirms some of the worst fears that americans have about the way washington works. >> well, yeah. the way washington wor
you know, the big point of contention yesterday was with house majority leader eric cantor pushing for this short-term deal or a series of short-term deals. the president, according to democratic sources familiar with the talks, made it clear that that is something he does not support and something he would veto. the president has, for the last few days, and certainly weeks as well, been pushing for the biggest deal possible where it it seemed to get some support. of late, it has not. the...
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right now eric cantor represents the two-party conservative waming.. and he's trying to embarrass not only the president but john bonner this is a self-serving exercise and he is derailing the mainstream republicans and they can't get their act together ... as soon as an agreement is reached by the deadline people will be asking lots of questions about jobs ... >>there has not been a jobs bill passed since the 2010 elections ... president obama wants to get this fixed but there is not a connection right now with this debt ceiling discussion ... this is all about 2012. the election is really under way ... prior to that dismal jobs report on friday we were hearing a buzz that there were getting things together and and the report came out and the republicans said wait just a minute ... the tejon changed that fridayone changedtright there.. in order to get things passed and time have to come to terms by the 20th ... there's a difference with shutting the government down and this case putting the full facing credit of the united states on-line this is too h
right now eric cantor represents the two-party conservative waming.. and he's trying to embarrass not only the president but john bonner this is a self-serving exercise and he is derailing the mainstream republicans and they can't get their act together ... as soon as an agreement is reached by the deadline people will be asking lots of questions about jobs ... >>there has not been a jobs bill passed since the 2010 elections ... president obama wants to get this fixed but there is not a...
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. >> no, we're all behind the speaker and leader eric cantor. and they've done a great job. but i think trey also nailed it, we want to make sure we never get here again. i want to support something that makes sure we never get here again and last week a lot of us rank-and-file republicans believed we voted for something that would do that, cut, cap and balance, and it would be something the american people support, and, you know, that's something that i wish we'd, again, send back to the senate. >> i under thastand that, but w now at a point, though, where we're having a fifth grade syncs lesson. you control the house of representatives. the democrats control the other side of capitol hill on the senate side. you have a democratic president a mile or so down the road. is your position, no, you won't budge and compromise and go their way, even if -- even if -- we get to august 2nd and the country goes into default? >> i would argue to you that many of us have already compromised, we've already voted twice to raise the debt ceiling. it was implicit in paul ryan's budget. it w
. >> no, we're all behind the speaker and leader eric cantor. and they've done a great job. but i think trey also nailed it, we want to make sure we never get here again. i want to support something that makes sure we never get here again and last week a lot of us rank-and-file republicans believed we voted for something that would do that, cut, cap and balance, and it would be something the american people support, and, you know, that's something that i wish we'd, again, send back to the...
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go it's official last week debt ceiling negotiations broke down with house majority leader eric cantor threw a fit about closing the tax loophole for corporate jet owners over this week it was revealed that cantor may have ulterior motives in sabotaging the debt ceiling negotiations just as a hundred of millionaires and billionaires according to his financial statements this year he had her has a fifteen thousand dollar short on the dollar in other words a fifteen thousand dollars bet that the u.s. dollar value will plummet and there's no better way to cause the guy. to lose value than to ensure that america defaults on its debts are the reason why republicans may have no interest whatsoever in raising the debt ceiling was put forward by senate senator chuck schumer this week says what he had to say in hearing yesterday . and it leaves you don't we one conclusion which my colleagues have alluded to which is they want the country to be in his bad shape as possible because that might help them with really all this sort of like a new fever has taken over the other side that the best way t
go it's official last week debt ceiling negotiations broke down with house majority leader eric cantor threw a fit about closing the tax loophole for corporate jet owners over this week it was revealed that cantor may have ulterior motives in sabotaging the debt ceiling negotiations just as a hundred of millionaires and billionaires according to his financial statements this year he had her has a fifteen thousand dollar short on the dollar in other words a fifteen thousand dollars bet that the...